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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Chernobyl radiation levels increase 20-fold after heavy fighting around the facility ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Experts believe the plant’s workers are possibly being held hostage. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/euay4cTtWkgEGDnzkzZ29Z-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Chernobyl facility was the scene of heavy fighting on Thursday (Feb. 24)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The Chernobyl facility was the scene of heavy fighting on Thursday (Feb. 24)]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Chernobyl's liquidators didn’t pass on radiation damage to their children ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Exposure to Chernobyl radiation increased the risk of thyroid cancer by breaking DNA strands, but the effects didn't carry to the next generation. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2021 18:13:34 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:50:37 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pyuMw27rKxuEuS5A26UsAj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Former Chernobyl Neighbors Diagnosed with Rare Cancer Years Later, in NYC ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ WASHINGTON — When 10 people in New York City were diagnosed with a very rare form of cancer during a four-year period, doctors were puzzled. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2017 00:09:46 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:26:45 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sara G. Miller ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vPKqoaumVKiu7aAjA3UmTh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Giant Steel Arch Will Cover Debris from Chernobyl Reactor ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A massive 32,000-ton, stainless steel arch — so large it could conceal the Statue of Liberty — is being constructed to cover what's left of a nuclear reactor in Chernobyl that exploded in 1986. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2014 20:09:58 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 22:22:48 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Denise Chow ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cmPuxpWFxhWEvw9yXuWGj5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The forests around Chernobyl are still heavily contaminated with radiation from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[chernobyl]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Images: Chernobyl, Frozen in Time ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The world has moved on since the 1986 nuclear catastrophe at Chernobyl, but at the heavily contaminated site, things haven't changed very much. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2014 21:21:02 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 10 May 2022 17:26:48 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Live Science Staff ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PBvSZxPHwNfDRMb33MbkfT-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Chernobyl used four Soviet-designed RBMK-1000 nuclear reactors, a design that&#039;s now recognized as inherently flawed. This system uses enriched U-235 uranium fuel to heat water, creating steam that drives the reactors&#039; turbines and generates electricity. The nuclear core in the RBMK-1000 actually became more reactive as it produced steam, creating a positive-feedback loop known as a &quot;positive-void coefficient.&quot;]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[chernobyl, Chernobyl disaster, chernobyl catastrophe, plants decay chernobyl, decomposition, leaf litter]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Chernobyl Trees Barely Decomposed, Study Finds ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The world has moved on since the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe, but one thing hasn't changed very much: The trees, plants and leaves at the contaminated site don't decay at nearly the same rate as plants elsewhere, researchers have found. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2014 18:32:28 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 22:22:47 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Marc Lallanilla ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cmPuxpWFxhWEvw9yXuWGj5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The forests around Chernobyl are still heavily contaminated with radiation from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[chernobyl]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ First Next-Gen US Reactor Designed to Avoid Fukushima Repeat ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The U.S. has approved its first new reactors in more than three decades since it suffered a partial meltdown at Three Mile Island. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:48:35 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:49:40 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jeremy Hsu ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GQT9ELut87tZ7vCj6wPL4E-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A view of the Vogtle 4 nuclear island for the new third-generation plant, as well as the Vogtle 1 and 2 reactors already operating. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Third Generation Nuclear Reactor]]></media:text>
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